@article {300, title = {Solid-state NMR structural studies of the fibril form of a mutant mouse prion peptide PrP89-143(P101L)}, journal = {Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance}, volume = {29}, year = {2006}, note = {Solid State Nucl Mag999VATimes Cited:22Cited References Count:34}, month = {Feb}, pages = {183-190}, abstract = {

The peptide fragment 89-143 of the prion protein (carrying a P101L mutation) is biologically active in transgenic mice when in a fibrillar form. Injection of these fibrils into transgenic mice (expressing full length PrP with the P101L mutation) induces a neurodegenerative prion disease (Kaneko et al., J. Mol. Biol. 295 (2000) 997). Here we present solid-state NMR studies of PrP89-143(P101L) fibrils, probing the conformation of residues in the hydrophobic segment 112-124 with chemical shifts. The conformations of glycine residues were analyzed using doubly C-13 = 0 labeled peptides by two-dimensional (2D) double-quantum correlation, and double-quantum filtered dephasing distance measurements. MQ-NMR experiments were carried out to probe the relative alignment of the individual peptides fibrils. These NMR studies indicate that the 112-124 segment adopts an extended beta-sheet conformation, though not in a parallel, in register alignment. There is evidence for conformational variability at Gly 113. DQ correlation experiments provide useful information in regions with conformational heterogeneity. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

}, keywords = {identification}, isbn = {0926-2040}, doi = {Doi 10.1016/J.Ssnmr.2005.09.017}, url = {://WOS:000234417500020}, author = {Lim, K. H. and Nguyen, T. N. and Damo, S. M. and Mazur, T. and Ball, H. L. and Prusiner, S. B. and Pines, A. and Wemmer, D. E.} } @article {345, title = {Using switched angle spinning to simplify NMR spectra of strongly oriented samples}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, volume = {125}, year = {2003}, note = {J Am Chem Soc695CXTimes Cited:13Cited References Count:38}, month = {Jul 2}, pages = {7998-8006}, abstract = {

This contribution describes a method that manipulates the alignment director of a liquid crystalline sample to obtain anisotropic magnetic interaction parameters, such as dipolar coupling, in an oriented liquid crystalline sample. By changing the axis of rotation with respect to the applied magnetic field in a spinning liquid crystalline sample, the dipolar couplings present in a normally complex strong coupling spectrum are scaled to a simple weak coupling spectrum. This simplified weak coupling spectrum is then correlated with the isotropic chemical shift in a switched angle spinning (SAS) two-dimensional (2D) experiment. This dipolar-isotropic 2D correlation was also observed for the case where the couplings are scaled to a degree where the spectrum approaches strong coupling. The SAS 2D correlation of C6F5Cl in the nematic liquid crystal I52 was obtained by first evolving at an angle close to the magic angle (54.7degrees) and then directly detecting at the magic angle. The SAS method provides a 2D correlation where the weak coupling pairs are revealed as cross-peaks in the indirect dimension separated by the isotropic chemical shifts in the direct dimension. Additionally, by using a more complex SAS method which involves three changes of the spinning axis, the solidlike spinning sideband patterns were correlated with the isotropic chemical shifts in a 2D experiment. These techniques are expected to enhance the interpretation and assignment of an isotropic. magnetic interactions including dipolar couplings for molecules dissolved in oriented liquid crystalline phases.

}, keywords = {solids}, isbn = {0002-7863}, doi = {Doi 10.1021/Ja0342244}, url = {://WOS:000183814500059}, author = {Havlin, R. H. and Park, G. H. J. and Mazur, T. and Pines, A.} } @article {360, title = {Sensitivity enhancement in multiple-quantum NMR experiments with CPMG detection}, journal = {Journal of Magnetic Resonance}, volume = {157}, year = {2002}, note = {J Magn Reson589DHTimes Cited:12Cited References Count:12}, month = {Jul}, pages = {160-162}, abstract = {

We present a modified multiple-quantum (MQ) experiment, which implements the Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) detection scheme in the static MQ NMR experiment proposed by W. S. Warren et al. (1980, J. Chem. Phys. 73, 2084-2099) and exploited further by O. N. Antzutkin and R. Tycko (1999, J. Chem. Phys. 110, 2749-2752). It is demonstrated that a significant enhancement in the sensitivity can be achieved by acquiring echo trains in the MQ experiments for static powder samples. The modified scheme employing the CPMG detection was superior to the original MQ experiment, in particular for the carbonyl carbon with a very large chemical shift anisotropy. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).

}, keywords = {dynamics}, isbn = {1090-7807}, doi = {Doi 10.1006/Jmre.2002.2578}, url = {://WOS:000177742400019}, author = {Lim, K. H. and Nguyen, T. and Mazur, T. and Wemmer, D. E. and Pines, A.} }